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The scorpion's tail / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.
A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history.
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- ISBN: 9781538720059 (Canadian trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 401 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James Public Library | PRE (Nora Kelly #2) (Text) | 35196000269733 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| LDR | 03951cam a2200685 i 4500 | ||
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe scorpion's tail / ‡cDouglas Preston & Lincoln Child. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 250 | . | ‡aCanadian edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bGrand Central Publishing, ‡c2021. | |
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| 520 | . | ‡aA mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aArchaeologists ‡vFiction. | |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aGhost towns ‡vFiction. | |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aSecrets ‡vFiction. | |
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